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Andy Murray got what is likely to be his final appearance at Queen’s Club off to a win and will take on Jordan Thompson in the second round.
Murray, a former world number one, earned a hard-fought 6-3 3-6 6-3 win over Alexei Popyrin on Tuesday to progress in the tournament.
The 37-year-old has dropped out of the world’s top 100, and the win over Popyrin was only his seventh of the season as he has continued to fight against ruptured ankle ligaments in March and a back injury.
Murray has won Queen’s a record five times, but is not expected to extend his career beyond Wimbledon and the summer Olympics in Paris.
Thompson is currently ranked 43 in the world, but has been as high as 32, and the 30-year-old has won one title this year.
Follow all the live action from Queen’s in the blog below
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Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 13:33
Andy Murray won his tournament opener against Alexei Popyrin
Here are some photos from that match:
Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 13:20
Rinky Hijikata v Matteo Arnaldi
Hijikata takes the first set!
Arnaldi had worked hard to fight his way back into the contest, but he couldn’t produce the same form in the tie break, which Hijikata won 7-0.
Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 13:09
Rinky Hijikata vs Matteo Arnaldi
Hijikata had a chance to take the set 6-2, but was broken back by Arnaldi who is fighting back in the first set.
Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 12:45
Dan Evans worried about missing Wimbledon and Olympics after knee injury
Just two days after he was named in the Great Britain squad for Paris 2024, Evans took a nasty fall on the grass in his first-round match at the cinch Championships against American Brandon Nakashima.
The 34-year-old fears he has damaged medial collateral ligaments in his right knee.
He has had to pull out of playing doubles with Andy Murray at Queen’s this week and will instead undergo a scan in the coming days to determine the extent of the injury.
Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 12:45
Andy Murray wins 1,000th career match to start final Queen’s Club bow in high spirits
Was it relief? Or was it simply pure joy? Whatever it was, Andy Murray’s reaction to a first tour victory since March was one of those trademark roars towards his box, a huge rush of adrenaline at a sensation he has not experienced much in 2024: winning.
Not one to keep an eye on his own facts and stats as his career draws to an anticipated close this summer, his mum Judy told him pre-match that this was his 1,000th match on tour and the five-time champion at Queen’s raised his level for the occasion and for the adoring British crowd. He beat Aussie qualifier Alexei Popyrin – ranked 81 places above him – in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, for a valuable first-round win.
A first victory at tour level since the hard courts of Miami in late March, when he injured his ankle, and a first victory since switching racket from Head to Yonex. Even in the twilight of his time in the professional arena, he is keen to discover any means of gaining an edge.
Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 12:30
Rinky Hijikata vs Matteo Arnaldi
In the first match of the day on centre court, Hijikata and Arnaldi are two games apiece in the opening set after 16 minutes of play.
Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 12:28
Full order of play for Wednesday 19 June
Centre court
from 12pm BST
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) vs Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
followed by
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs Sebastian Korda (USA)
followed by
Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs Andy Murray (GBR)
followed by
Milos Raonic (CAN) vs Taylor Fritz (USA)
Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 12:15
When is Andy Murray vs Jordan Thompson?
The second-round match will be played at Queen’s Club on Wednesday 19 June. It will be the third match of the day on Centre Court, and will not be before 3pm.
It will follow third seed Grigor Dimitrov’s match against Sebastian Korda.
How can I watch it?
Viewers in the United Kingdom will be able to watch the action from Queen’s across the BBC’s television platforms, BBC Sport website and on BBC iPlayer.
Television coverage of Wednesday’s play starts on BBC Two at 1pm BST, and runs through to 6pm.
Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 12:00
What time is Andy Murray v Jordan Thompson? Queen’s day 3 order of play and how to watch on TV
Andy Murray takes on Australian player Jordan Thompson in his second-round match at Queen’s Club on Wednesday.
Murray, a five-time champion at Queen’s, won his first tour-level match in nearly three months with a first-round win on Tuesday against qualifier Alexei Popyrin, much to the joy of the home crowd on the occasion of his 1,000th match.
The 37-year-old has admitted that this is likely to be his final summer before retirement, with Wimbledon starting on 1 July, but he won’t take part in the doubles this week after Dan Evans sustained a knee injury on Tuesday.
Third seed Grigor Dimitrov is also in action at Queen’s on Wednesday, as is fourth seed Taylor Fritz from the United States.
Sonia Twigg19 June 2024 11:45